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September 22, 2012 (El Cajon)-- A power outage that left downtown El Cajon, including the courthouse, in the dark yesterday afternoon and evening was started by a transformer fire, ECM has learned.
According to a fire official, there was also an underground explosion and gas leak--a potentially dangerous situation that forced shut down of an adjacent gas station and blocking off a section of Main Street just west of downtown.
The outage began about 3 p.m. SDG&E's website indicated power restoration could take up until 11:59 p.m. The website blamed a "suspected problem in the overhead electrical system" although there are no powerlines visible near the transformer in question.
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